Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY Eve i> ~oNDAaL AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor. llth St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAOPFMANN, Pre-'c. Kew York Offce, 49 Fetter Eu:idiue. ‘The Evening Star te served to sus~ Der week, or 44 cents per of counter 2 cents each. By ma United States or Canada—postuge per month. oe Saturday Quintaple nee $1 per rear. wit foret tage added. $3.00. (Entered at the t Washington. DC es second-class id 30 cents matter.) FAll mail sudeeriptions must Rates of advertising sade er INAUGURAL MATTERS eae ee In adeanse e paid ” vnnlicntion Directions Issued to Military and Civilian Aids. WHITEHOUSE AND MONUMENT GROUNDS Representation of Republican Clubs Estimated by League President. —__-++-——_ NOTES AT HEADQUARTERS —_—_— Chairman Bell received a letter from Pri- vate Secretary Thurber this morning stat- ing that he had been directed by the Pre: dent to state that permission was granted to begin the work of erecting the review- ing stand in front of the White House grounds February 15 Mr. Bell also received a letter from Col. John M. Wilson, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, giving the execu- tive committee the right to use the monu- ment grounds for the inaugural fireworks display. Col. Wilson said, however, that it would need an act of Congress to make the permission binding. ‘The objections urged by certain senators to the passage of the resolution granting permission for the use of parks and reser- vations along the line of parade for the erection of viewing stands which are based on the ground that they do not believe it proper to extend the authority of the D trict Commissioners are not believed to be of such strength as to prevent the adop- tion of the measure. It is very necessary, however, for action to be taken at ouce, and Chairman Bell went to the Capitol at % o'clock this afternoon to endeavor to se- cure early action. Directions to the Aids. General Porter was but a few moments at headquarters this morning, going almost immediately to the War Department in re- lation to the question of the West Point Cadets. While there, however, he directed Mr. A. Noel Blakeman, chief aid, to issue @ series of directions to the military and civillan alds who will be selected for duty in connection with the parade. The di tons will be mailed tonight to the gentl men who have already accepted the posi- tions of aids, and provide that milita aids will appear in the full uniform of their rank. Civilian aids will be required to wear high silk hats, black Prince Albert coats, dark trousers, buff leather gloves and spurs. Both military and civilian aids will be required to provide themselves with white sash, badge, saddle cloth and bridle resette of uniform pattern. These articles will cost $7 and will be ready for issue ai headquarters on and after February upon payment of that amount. The circu- lar will also announce that in order to pro- de for those who do not intend to bring their horses with them, a number of riding horses have been engaged in Washington, equipped with saddles and bridles, which «an be had for the day at a cost of $10 each. The League of Republican Clubs. President D. D. Woodmuansee of the } tional League of Republican Clubs reache Washington from Cincinnati yesterd evening, and after an interview with Gen. Porter, left the city at 11 o'clock last night. He stopped at the Ebbitt House and had many callers. The result of the con- ference with Gen. Porter was the issu- arce of an order by the grand marsh: placing the league clubs in a single divis- jon of the second grand division. President Woodmansee was appointed marshal of this division and given authority to ap- peiit @ Staff of fifty members. In conversation with The Star reporter last night Mr. Wovudmansee said he wa contident the league would have 10,000 men in line. When asked what Ohio would show in the line of clubs, he said four clubs from that would come, aggregating in membership about 1,000 men. It is believed that this small showing from the President-clect’s own state is due to the prevailing high rates of trans- portation being charged by the railroad Tle complaint on this score is general all over the country, and. as the railroad com- Fanies do not show any inclination to re- duce rates any further, it is probable that thousands who would have otherwise par- ticipated in the inaugural parade or a: sisted in the ceremonies as spectators will be compelled to remain at home. Additional Organtzations Report. The Cook County Republican Marching Club of Chicago will have 309 men and a band of forty or fifty pieces in line, under ccmmand of Marshal Wm. F. Knoch. The men will wear black box overcoats, black cutaway suits, silk hats, white ties and will carry blue umbrellas. They will arrive by the B. and O. March 3 at 5 o'clock p.m. and wili sleep in their special cars. It is probable that a party of 1) repub- licans belonging to organizations in North Carolina in the vicinity of Winston will participate as a body in the parade. The Riverside Republican Club of New York has applied for a position in the pa- rade. The public comfort committee reporte today through Chairman Wright, that a ommodations had been inspected and reg- "i, places where and ving regis- have been West Point Cadets. f the officials of the War Depart- say anything for publication con- ning the actien of the Senate yesterday with regard to having the West Pol cadets take part in the inaugural proces- zion. Privatety, however, nearly all of them agree that the question depends en- tirely upon the President's construction of the action of Congress. The opinion ts ai- most unanimous at the War Department thet if the President concludes that Con- gress as a body ts opposed to having the cadets come to Washington on the 4th ef March he w cind the existing order to that effect, but in case he takes the ground t Congress mer declines to make ap- propriation for t stence while ab- gent from the academy, and that the com- mittee in of ugural cere- monies is willing to defray that expense, he will exercise his prerogative and order the battalion to this city in accordance with the original program It would therefore appear that the mat- ter of expense alone wiil not prevent the gttendance of the West Pointers, and that they will come, provided the President 1s satisfied that Cong: docs not mean by its action that they shall not come. The cn is pre naval isely the same with regard cadets at Annapoits. Both © recently ordered to this ipate in the Inauguration. It ed that {t would cost about rin the battalion from West and $4) for the battalioa at Annap- Th se ts entirely for subsis- rding to the controiler nnot met out of ex- 5 at official held, expense of transporta: out of the general aj hat the be mez propriations for respective depart- ments. Application was accordingly made to Congress for a specific appropriation to provide for the subsistence of the cadets on the eceaston in question. Pending action fm this matter, the superin:endents of the two academies were ordered to suspend action in execution of the former's orders until otherwise instructed. No. 13,700. VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY The Treaty Between That Country and Great Britain Nearly Complete. Arbitrators Will Probably Be Named in the Document to Be Sent for Ratification. Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister, was in conference with Secretary Olney at the State Department for half an hour to- day. It is understood that the treaty be- tween Venezuela and Great Britain, drawn up under the heads agreed upon by ‘Sec- reta Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote, is almost complete, and will probably be sign- ed and sent to Venezuela for the action of the Venezuelan congress on the next mail steamer, which leaves New York in a week's time. While there are small points yet tu be arranged, none of them are of smportance, save that relating to the per- sonnel of the comm.ss.on. It was not at first intended to name the arbitrators in the treaty, but to provide generally for the selection of the arbitrators from among disunguished jurists of the United States and Great Britaimj leaving to the supreme courts of the two cotntr.es the designat.on of the individuals. However, it has been found to be desirable, in order to save time, as well as to guard against possible friction in the future, to name these ind- viduals. Besides, it is believed that in thi manner Venezuela can pe satisned in ad- vance that her case resis in the hands of at least two arbitrators who cannot be sus- pected of bias. it is pretty well understood that these two arbitrators will be chosen from the United Staces Supreme bench, and it is more than probable that Chief Justice Fulier and Justuce srewer whl be named. Such delay as has occurred in completing the last stages of the negotiations is due, gathered from official sources, to the difficulty in selecting the British arbitra- From the aspect of the matter to- , however, there is every reason to be- lieve that this will be arranged in the course of a very few days, and that no other obstacle of importance will be en- countered in concluding the treaty. The Venezuelan congress has been called to meet in regular session on the 20th of next month. It may be readily advanced, if pecessary, to meet any time between that date and the Ist of February, but as the treaty can hardly arrive at Caracas much before the middle of the month, the government is not Hkely to take advantage of the permissory law. Justice Brewer declined today either to confirm or deny the report tat he and Ckief Justice Fuller had been appointed op the Venezuelan arbitration commission. “I am not at Kberty.” he said, “ to say whether it is true, and I cannot say no.” LIEUT. LYMAN DEAD. He Was Navigator of the Kearsarge When She Was Wrecked. Lieut. Charles H. Lyman of ihe navy died akcut 5 o'clock this morning at his residence, on Q street near Connecticut avenue, from pneumonia, following an at- tack of the grip. The news of his death was a great surprise and shock to his friends, inasmuch as he was apparently in exccllent health only a few days ago. He was a well-known and popular officer, and had a legion of friends, both in and outside of the service. Bern in Ohio, he entered the navy as a midshipman July 26, Isis, and reached the full grade of jieutenant in June, 1ss1. His service Was marked by many exciting inci- dents, rot the least of which was the wreck of tae historic Kearsarge on Ronca- dor Reef. He was the navigator of the ship at the time, and he and Capt. Heyer man, who was in command, were court- martialed. Capt. Heyerman ‘lied about a year ago. Lieut. Lyman’s sea scrvice covered a period of fifteen years. The cruiser Mont- gcrery is the last ship he was attached to. In November iast he was detached from that vessel and assigned to duty in the naval observatory, and he was on duty there at the time of his death. He icaves a wife and four children. OFFICE. Bill to Enlarge the Present Building and Buy Ground. Mr. Hicks of Pennsylvania has introduced a bill directing the Secretary of the Treas- ury to purchase for and in the name of the United States, for the improvement and enlargement of the government printing office, at and for the sum of $170,000, ex- clusive of the value of any buildings and improvements thereon, that portion of square 624, in the city of Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia, which lies adjacent to the government printing office, between H, North Capitol and G streets to a line run- ning from H to G streets, starting twenty- four feet west of the present government printing office and parallel with North Capitol street, comprising 60,730 feet, more or less. If from any cause the Secretary of the Treasury shall be unable to purchase the land at a satisfactory price from the owners, he is hereby directed and empow- ered to secure the same by condemnation proceedings. The Secretary of the Treasury, as soon as such land shall be acquired, shall cause the supervising architect, with the advice of the public printer, to prepare the requisite plans for the necessary additions and im- provements to the present establishment, which shall be fuily adequate to meet ali the present and future requirements of the government. The sum of $250,000 appro- ptiated to provide accommodations for the government printing office and the con- struction of the needed storage and distri- bution warehouses in connection therewith, in the act making appropriations for sun- dry civil expenses of the government, ap- proved August 30, 1890, and suspended by act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government, approved March 3, 1801, is made available for pur- chasing the site and beginning the work of constructing the building. = -e— West Point Cadets Appointed. Cadet appointments at the United States Military Academy have been announced as follows: John A. Cleveland, Linden, Ala; Charles S. Fleming (alternate), Jackson- ville, Conn.; Arthur H. Bryant (alternate), East Hartford, Conn.; Eli T. Fryer, Hights- town, N. J.; Hor: T. Knight (alternate), Point Pleasant, N. J.; Jos. B. Bancroft, Hopedale, Maes.; John H. Poole, Madison, Wis.; Wm. R. Bettison, Bowling Green, Marshal L. Price, Galesburg, IU.; Ed- ward L. Oldham (alternate). Ory Tenn. Herman W. Albery, Columbus, Ohio; Gor don Robinson, New Orleans, La.; John C. Wickliffe (alternate). New Orleans; Leroy Diller, Cohoes, N. Y., and Wm. Has- kell (alternate), Albany, Nu ¥. ~o--——_______ Personal Mention, Col. Horace Jewett, 2ist Infantry, has been granted leave of absence for two months. Secretary .Lcmont is confined to his hous: with a cold. 3 Col. A. W. Foster, retired, ts at the Ban- croft. Col. G. L. Gtilespie, Corps of h. stationed at New York, ts in ity cee temporary duty. Capt. W. H. Clapp, 1€th Infantry, ts in the city under orders of the Secretary of eGo eee. Powell, th Cavalry, {s at ti P. walry, is at the Ebbitt House on leave of absence, WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 1897-TWELVE PAGE s. TWO CENTS MANTLED IN WHITE Heavy Fall of Snow in Eastern and Middle States. THE HEAVIEST STORM OF THE WINTER Traffic Throughout New York City Delayed. RELIEF WORK AT CHICAGO BOSTON, January 28.—This section of New England is locked in the arms of an old-time snow storm today, and a high neitheasterly wind which accompanies the disturbance gives it blizzard-like pro- portions. The snow began to fall early last even- ing, and the storm increased in violence steadily during the night until at 8 o'clock this morning seven inches had fallen and the wind was blowing at the rate of thirty miles an hour. _ The street car system in and about the city was vadly handicapped, and practically none of the street cars were running on time. ‘The storm was predicted by the weather officials early yesterday morning, and_sig- nais along the coast have been hoisted for nearly twenty-four hours. As a result of this timely warning, many vessels delayed sailing and are now safe in port. The only accident reported up to 9 o'clock tkis forenoon was the stranding of an un- known schooner near Vineyard Haven. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., January 28.—The heaviest snow storm of the winter started last night,and continued with unabated fury all night, and there is now about fifteen inches, and it is still snowing. In all re- spects it is a blizzard, and all travel is at a standstill. NEW HAVEN, Conn., January 28.—The heaviest snow storm of the winter is rag- ing in this section. It began at about 10 o’ciock last night and continued throughout the night. At 8:30 it was still snowing hard, with no indications of a let up, with fourteen inches on a level. Steam railroad traffic is not greatly interfered with, but the trolley roads are badly crippled. Neither of the sound steamboats has put in an appearance thus far this morn- ing, and nothing has been heard from them. The weather outside is decidedly ugly, and it is probable that the steamers have put in somewhere for refuge. SAYBROOK POINT, Conn., January 28. verything in sight in this vicinity 13 snow-bound, and the heaviest snow storm of the year is still raging fiercely. Over one foot of snow has already fallen, and there are no signs of abatement. ‘The weather in the sound fs thick and ugly and there are no ships passing. Trains on the valley division of the Consolidated railroad are about fifteen minutes late. TROY, N. Y., January 28—The snow storm which began here at 10:30 o'clock last night was still in progress at 10 o'clock this morning, about five inches having fal- len on the level. Railroad traffic is only slightly delayed. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., January 28.— Snow began falling about 10:30 last night, and up to 10 o'clock this morning nearly foot had fallen. Trains from the north are delayed very little, and reports from Greenfield, Mass., and Brattleboro’ and Bellows Falls, Vt., indicate little snow north of here. Trains from the east, south and west are badly delayed and the local trolley service is crippled. Over Eight Inches Deep in New York. NEW YORK, January 28.—A steady fal! of light snow, which began yesterday af- ternoon and steadily inereased through the evening and night left New York at $ o'clock this morning with a white mantle St inches deep, the heaviest fall of the year. There,was but little wind, and as result the snow lay at even depth all over the city, and the temperature was mod- erate. The street railway lines upon which horses constitute the motive power were considerably hampered, and in some cases entirely stopped. The cable lines, ever, were kept comparatively clear with the exception of the 125th street cross. town line, which did practically no busi- ness during the night. The troliey sys- tems in the outlying districts did their best to overcome the effects of the snow- fall, but with little success. Traffic all over the city was delayed. The trains on the elevated roads were all at least fifteen minutes slow, and the conges- tion upon those lines was terrific, owing to the great number of people who for the day abandoned the surface lines for the elevated. The ferries all suffered in a greater or lesser degree, delaying passengers from Brooklyn and Jersey City. The mails are but little delayed thus far. The Western Union Telegraph Company reported at 9:30 o'clock this morning that telegraphic communication was not in the least hampered by reason of the snow storm. As is always the case, the storm was felt more severely by the poor. A recent ac- curate canvass of the city shows that the percentage of people in want is greater perhaps than was ever seen in New York before. As a natural result the charitable institutions, both private and municipal, have had more than the average number of applicants for assistance. Even at an early hour this morning it was evident that char- ity would be needed today much more than ever. Six Inches Deep at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 28.—The snow storm which began about 8 o'clock last night continued until early this morn- ing. Snow fell in this city to the depth’ of six inches, the heaviest fall of the season. The heavy wind piled up huge drifts, but the snow fs so light that there is practical- ly no interruption to street car or railway traffic. Reports from up the state are to the ef- fect that from six to ten inches of snow has fallen. At Harrisburg and Lancaster there was a six-inch fall, but the trains are running on schedule time. Shamokin re- ports eight inches, Sunbury six to eight inches, Pottsville eight inches and still fall- ing, Reading ten inches, Norristown elght inches, All towns report that there is but little interruption to elther street car or railw. iy traffic. : Good Results of Relief Work. CHICAGO, January 28.—The temperature still hangs close to the zero mark. One result of the relief work accomplished by the police has been a great decrease in crime, some of the police stations report- ing decreases of from 15 to 50 per cent in the number of arrests since the relief york began. Both the police and Mayor Swift believe that by the prompt relief affordéd to the thousands of destitute fam- ilies the city has been saved from bread riotr. tr. . Among the large subscriptions to the re- Nef fund fs one of $2,000 by ‘the Western Union Telegraph Company. " The contribu- ticns up to date amount to over 350,000 in eash and hundreds of tons of coal and provis! é Great Suffering at Chattanooga. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., January 23.— The mercury regiatered 6 above zero at: 7 o'clock this morning. breaking the record for four winters. The ground is covered with several! inches of frozen snow and a ii a ee ee the sleighing is the, best in years. There is much suffering among the poor. Five Inches of Snow. BALTIMORE, Jahuary 28.—Five inches of snow fell here between the hours of B Pp-m. and midnight last night. This morn- ing it wes clear, cold and windy, but no interference to traffic has been reported, although the snow fs driftng badly. Se GOOD WORK BY FIREMEN. It Prevented a Disastrous Co: tion at Cincinnati. CINCINNATE, Ohio, January 28—At 2 o'clock this morning a fire alarm rang, fol- lowed immediately by a ten-blow call, sum- moning the entire avallable force of tae fire department to the big five-story brick malt house of Herman Goepper & Co., be- tween Vine and. Race sircets, extending to Commerce street a depth of 150 feet. The building, with its heavy stock and material, was wholly destroyed except the walis. This was formerly the Albert Schwill & Co. malt house, and was recent- ly purchased by Herman Goepper & Co. Overman & Schroeder's cordage ware rooms, in the same building, were destroy- ed, with contents, and their loss is included in the estimates. + The building belongs to the Perin es- iate. 3 All the burned property was on the north side of Commerce sireet. On the south side of Commerce street, extending to Front street, was another section of. the malt house, as large and as fell stocked as the one destroyed. The fire ¢aught in this, and it looked as if the block was doomed, in- cluding the large grogery and tobacco houses. But the firemen soon got the mastery. ‘The Overman-Schroédeg’Cordage Company fs in the hands of a rgteiver. A powder house two doors north ‘ef the fire, on 2d street, gave some alarm; and kept the po- lice busy clearing the streets until >the danger was practically over. Goepper & Co. are “fully insured. It required the best possible management by the fire department to-prevent a spread of the fire among valuable and compara- tively combustible property. Goepper & Co. estimate their loss on stock at $50,000. The building, which belongs to the Perin estate, was valued at $30,000. It is prac- tically a total loss. W. @V. Blair & Co., commission mer- chants, say their stock was mostly con- signments, and all insured. Mullin & Brown, also commission ‘frerchants, were wholly burned out. Their loss is estimated at $10,000; insured. ‘The Overman and Schroeder Cordage Com- pany suffered a total loss estimated at $10,- 000, and fully insured. The furniture-¢om- pany also suffered a total Joss, roughly estimated at $15,000, and insuged. The other losses were caused by damage by water, which in most instafices ram into cellars. The firms thus suffei ranged in loss from a few dollars to $3), and are: John Stonn & Co., Cincinnatf Transfer Company, C. H. Reinhardt & Co., C, M. Holloway & Co., Palmer Hill & Co.j A. E.iMente & Co., W. G. Hill & Co., J Berkins & Co. and the Kerr Grocery: The total loss will be less than je GOING ‘TO SAN FRANCISCO. Plans for the €. EiBetegation From the’ District. SAN FRANCISCO, ‘January 28—W. A. Gillespie is here to secute ‘hetet accom modations for the Pennsylvania delegation to the Christian Endeavor envention,. whick meets here in Wily, and to arrange all the details offthéittineraryoetshis party. He has traveled from PHiladelphia west over the route to be traveltd by the Penn- sylvaria delegation, and perfected arrange- ments for the entertainment of the visitors at various points where brief stops wAl be mde. f . “We will leave Philadelphia on June 28, said Gillespie, “and come west via Chicago, Derver, Glenwood Springs and Sait Lake, at all of which places we will stov long enoigh for a little sightseeing. We wiil take in Pike's Peak, Manitou and the Gar- den of the Gods, and we shall probably spend two days in Salt Lake, arriving here on W dxy morning, July 7, in time for the convention. On the return we shall go eurt by way of Portland, the Yellowstone Natioral Park, Minneapotis and St. Paul, consuming just four tweeks for the trip. The Pennsylvania delegation will number not lees inan 350 persons, exclusive of the rary friends of the delegates and others who will tcke advantage of the occasion £6 make a trip to California. We will have three special trains for the delegates, 150 pecple to the train. We'have found ft lifflcult to handle more than that number at «ne time at eating stations. 3 ‘A delegation of 100 or 125 from the Die- trict of Columbia will alse’ come west with us. I do not know what estimates have been made, but I think it is safe to count on 5,000 delegates from the far east, be- sides thousands of others not identified with the Christian Endeawor Society, who will take advantage of the low rates for a western trip.” : ® Gillespie denied the @tory that Philadel- phia was making a bid fop the conyention this year. He sald hig did not want it, ard could not handle “lt without more tine for preparation thansis now left, and he did not want the peopfe of San Fran- cisey to think that the story had otiginated in Philadelphia. F ——— : ELEVEN MINERS INJURED. Fatal Explesion in an Mine. OTTUMWA, Towa, Jantfry 28:—By an explosion in a coal mine &+ Foster, fifteen miles south, eleven mer. have been severely burned, one cf them fatally. ‘The mine of- ficials claim that the explosion wag the re- sult of natural phenomena, that alr of ex- treme low temperature met the warm gas- ecus air of the mine when the shaft was suddenly opened and! formed gas, which ignited from the lamps’ of the miners, who Were just leaving work temporarily. The tellowing were injured: Louls Folger, fatally; Rebert Williams, Jckn Farrell; €:-G. Anderson, Dayid Scott and two sons, ‘Thos._Connor, Wm. Morgan, John Pierson. _. Nearly all the injured families. The dzmage to thé mine ig ene. = Iowa Cval = at HAVE PARTED COMPANY. ———- ”* Populists Sever Conuevtions With the Republicans at Haleigh. Special Diepatch to The Evening Stax, RALEIGH, N, C., Janugry 2§—The pop- ulist majority in caucus Jast might severed all ,connection with the, republicans, and today formally declaged, co-operation erd- ed. The republicans gay.tbat zesults now depend vpon the indtyideay agtion of the Populists. They say they,éxpeat the ranks of the populist bolters tg be imcreased by desertions from the rity. Senator Butler says this is » false hopes that there are forty-one of the majgrity, and that they will stand solid, Ex-Representative Brower says that some republicans are dissatisfied becavse the republicans de- clired to act with the po} ik, @f the New Lon- . plying between New London and New York, went ashore during a blinding snow;storm at 1 o'clock | Meeting the appropriations proposed by the THE DISTRICT BILE [eras HEADQUARTERS \ Not Believed That They Are to Be Closed in Money Recommended for Appropri- “ations for the Next Fiscal Year. COMMISSIONERS ESTIMATES REDUCED Amounts in the Measure Nearly $3,000,000 Less. FIGURES IN DETAIL —_-- The Hous? committee on appropriations teday reported the District of Columbia ap- prepriation bill. ,The report on the bill estimates of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon which the bill is based, exclusive of the water de- partment, aggregite $8,495,787.38, one-half of which amount, exclusive of $16,000 for expenses under highway act or of such sum as Congress may appropriate, ts re- quired to be drawn from the revenues of the general government and the rematning one-half to be levied upon the taxable Property and privileges in the District of Columbia other than the property of the United States and,the District of Columbia, pursuant to section 3 of the act approved June 11, 1878, entitled ‘An act providing a permanent form of government for ihe Dis- trict of Columbia.” A Cut of Nearly $3,000,000. “The total amoint recommended to Le appropriated for the general expenses of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1898 in the bill submitted herewith fs, ex- clvsive of the water department, $5,612, $96.93, cf which sum the general govern- ment is required to pay $2,805,428.46, that being one-half of the whole, exclusive of the amount $16,000, recommended for ex- perses under the highway act. The first- named sum is $2,852,030.45 less than the estimates, “The amount appropriaied for the gen- eral expenses of the District of Columbia for the current fiscal year 1807 is $5,706,- $25.06, or $63,908.13 more than is recom- mended in the accompanying bill for 1898. “The whole amount recommended in the aecompanying. bill, including the sums for the water department, payable wholly from the water revenues, is 0,511.06, being $119,508.42 less than the like appropriations for the current fiscal year. The Water Department. “The amount recommended for the wa-er department, all of which is payable from the weter revenues, is $137,954.13, being a Teduction of $55,540.29 under the appro- priations for the water department for the current fiscal year. “Tt is estimated that the water revenues available for the fiscal year 1898 will amount to $341,182.64," but 4t is: provided in the accompanying Dulas tt wasin the acts tor the current and five preceding fiscal years, that any surplus of these revenues over the appropriations made. specificall: therefrom sha'l be applied to-the work of exten ping, the high-service system of water pUlstribuiion. This improvement, it was estitiated hy the engineer officer in charge at the time, would cost when. completed about $600,000... The surplus water reve- hues devoted to this object on account of expenditures made and obligations incurred since the said~ authority was amount at this time to $470,059.87. “The total general revenues of the Dis- trict of Columbia for the fiscal year 1898, it is: estimated by the Commissioners, will amount, exclusive of any estimated sur- plus of the revenues of prior years, to $3,359,858.33, or a Surplus cf $507,069.87 after sranted accompanying bill, together wiih the obli- Sations (estimated at $65,360) imposed upon the District by the act of March 2, 1889, e: sabiishing: the National Zvological Park, and’ for one-half the expenses of the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court vf the Di: trict. This surplus, to the extent of $104, 738.24, will be applied ander the operation of'section 3 of the District of Columbia ap- propriation act for the fiscal year IN and a provision of the accompanying bill to the satisfaction of the indebtedness of the Dis- trict to the United States: on account of the cost of the increased water supply of the city of Washington under acts approved July 15, 1882, and March 8, 1891. Limitations, “Limitations with reference to appropria- tions made in the bill not heretofore im- posed, or changes in existing limitations, are recommended as follows: In connection with the appropriation of $7,000 for widen- ing P street bridge, the following: And the Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby required to pay one-half of the cost of widening P street bridge and its approach- es under this appropriacticn, to be collected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways, as provided for in section 5 cf ‘An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,’ approved June 11, 1878. “In connection with the appropriation for pay of the metropolitan police, the follow- ing: ‘Hereafter each of the members of the metropolitan police shall be entitled to leave of absence each year, with pay for such time, not exceeding twenty days, as the Commissioners shall determine.’ | “In connection with the appropriation for ness fees in the Police Court, the fol- ‘And hereafter there shail be paid to witnesses in cases in the Police Court not exceeding 75 cents per diem for each. day of attendance, to be allowed only in the discretion of the court.’ “Following the appropriation for chari- ties, “the follcwing: ‘That the joint select committee auth rized by the act making appropriations for the expenses of the gov- ernment of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, to make inquiry and report concerning the charities and reformatory institutions of the District of Columbia, are hereby continued during the Fifty-fitth Congress, with all the pow- ers and duties imposed upon them by said act. Any vacancies which may occur in the membership of said committee by expi- ration of service or otherwise of any sen- ator shall be filled by appointment by the presiding officer of the Senate, and any vacancies which may occur by reason of the expiration of service of any House members of said committee shall be filled by appointment to be made by the Speaker of the present House of Representatives from members-elect to the House of Rep- reséntatives of the Fifty-fifth Congress; and said committee shall have authority to sit during the recess, and shall make report as soon as practicable after the beginning of the first session of the Fifty-fifth Con- gress. Amounts in Detail. “The following sfatement shows in detail the amounts estimated for 1898 by the Com- missioners and the amounts recommended in the accompanying bill. The first set of figures indicate the amounts estimated by the Commissioners and the second the ‘amounts in the bill. Where only one set of figures is given it is the estimate of the Ccmmissioners for which no appropriation is recommended: : “Salaries—Exceutive piety 906,433.50, $51, 3 Col. feciora oils, str e5e Santee eye ‘s a a itor Sitbo0 This City. What Gen. Grosvenor Says on the S Ject—Those in Charge Here Know No Republican leaders here regard as pecn- Lar a story from Cleveland that it is the intention of the republican national com- mittee to abandon further political work for the present and to close committee headquarters here. Such a leader as Gen- cral Grosvenor expressed to a Star reporter teday the belief that the story lacks an- therity. He has no idea, he says, that Mr. Hanna would make any announcement on this subject without first calling a mest- ing of the executive committee to consider the matter, especially as it was the ap- parently settled determination ef the com- mittee to keep up a mild campaign for the next four years. It was suggested to Gen. Grosvenor that the silver men locked upon the story as indicative of republican weakness and ex- pressive of a fear that the party would los+ in the elections next year. “They have a weakness of their own in these matters,” quickly answered Gen. Grosvenor. “They had a weakness in the last election, which, it seems to me, wil! take them a long time to get over. From sources close to the republican com- mittee headquarters here the story is de- ried. Not » thing confirmatory of any part of the story can be learned from any of the officials of headquarters. They have no idea that the original intention of the national committee is to be altered. The idea is given out that the further agitation of politics is considered by Cnair- man Hanna as embarrassing and injur.oy to the business interests of the country Prominent republicans say that the bus ness interests lo not so regard the purpose of the national committee. The fact that the committee is permanently in existence is reassuring to business men, it is stated. They feel that they will be protected so long as’ the committee is ready to fight the white metal, and its fallacies, wherever it raises its head. It is possible, it is said, that some of the work projected by the national committee for the headquarters here may be dropped, but this will not materially affect the policy mapped out. —_—_—_-o+ EXHIBITION OF MOTORS. Manufacturers of All Countries Invit- ed to Munich in 1sys, A second exhibition of motors and ma- chine tools will be held in Munich, June 11 to. Octoker 10, 1808, to which the manu- facturers of all countries are invited. Ti exposition of 1888 was of a similar char- acter, but the invention of new machines and the increase of motive powers within the last ten years have been so great tha. the two expositivns will offer interesting opportunities for contrast. The Generai Industrial Association of Munich celebrates by this exposition iis fiftieth Jubilee, anu will have the Co-operation of the Polytech- nic Associauion and also the e of his rgyal highness Prince Luitpold, regens of Bavaria. As stated in the official program, the ob- Ject ef the exposition is “To show to the proprietcrs of small and middie-stzed fac- tories, as weil as to all engaged in indus- trial pursuits, everything that can be vi service to them in the domain of motors, machine tools and hand toois in facilitating and furthering their work, and in cheap- ening thetr products.” The exposition wil! prise five groups, as follows: 1. Motors. gas, petroleum, benzine, steam and hot air engines, driven by wind and hot air power, and ‘electric motors up to teu-herse power. Machine too!s, hand teols and imple - ments, 3. Auxilia’ machines, as pumps, lators, pres: cranes, clocks, pa machines, electrical arrangements, safet appliances, apparaius, auxiliaty materials. 4. Manufacturing processes ir operation and xrochinery in motion. 5 Epecial technical literature. S2fety appliances. will be made a special feature; popular lectures on epecial scien- tific and technical branches will be deliv- ered; and one kind of prize medal for ex- cellerce will be awarded by an interna- ticral jury. The charge for space 1s mod. erate, 20 marks ($5) per square meter. Pro- visicnal epplications for space will be re- ceived at the office of the exhibition, No. 1% Faerbergrabe:, Munich, as late as March 1, 1897; final applications mus: Pes the office by October 1, 1897, at the atest. venti- r —_—____-e-______ THE WATSON-BLACK CONTEST. The House Committee in a Quandary Over the Case. The House committee on elections having in charge the Watson-Black contested elec- tion case has come to no conclusion. There will be a meeting of the committee next Tuesday to take up the case, when a de- cision may be reached and the case report- ed to the House. It is said that the committee is in a quandary over the case. Some of the mem- bers of the committee who have gone into the various figures submitted claim that there is evidence of considerable fraud. Whether the figures will foot up enough to overcome the majority received by Biack, and induce the committee to report in favor of Watson, is in doubt. A few of the mem- bers of the committee, it is asserted, de- clare that the figures are in favor of Mr. Watson. Those who feel this way, how- ever, also exonerate Col. Black from any knowledge of the alleged frauds. They are absolutely sure that he had nothing to do with the frauds which were committed. This is where their dilemma comes in. ‘They dislike to make a report against Col. Black on these grounds, although believing that the evidence may warrant such a report. If the committee reaches a decision by next Tuesday and the case is reporte] to the House, that body will doubtless take the case up early next week. The question is privileged, and cannot be delayed. ———_— +o A Pacific Raflroad Commission. The subcommittee of the House commit- tee on Pacific railroads today decided to recommend Senator Gear's bill for a com- mission to settle the indebtedness to the government of ihe Pacific railroad. The bill is substantially the one proposed by Representative Harrison of Alabama, and the Secretarys of the Treasury and Interior and the Attorney General the com- mission. The subcommittee added an amend- ment to have the commission report to Congress In one year after the passage of the act. ———- 2+ __ Senator Tillman Heard. ‘The Senate committee on interstate com- merce today informally heard Senator Till- man of South Carolina in advocacy of his bill to limit the effect of the regulation of commerce between the states so as to meet the objections of the Supreme urt re- specting the you want today’s news today you can tind it only in The Star. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—— THAT CONFERENCE Bill for an International Monetary Meeting Uj in the Senate. STRONGLY URGED BY MR. CHANDLER Opposed by Senator Stewart and Several Others. MATTERS IN THE WovssE aren en ae The blizzard had the effect of reducing the attendance of the Senate today, a hardly more than a dozen senators wer Present when the session opened Senate bill was passed extending the time for building the St. Paul and Manitoba railroad through the White th Indian reservation. A number of petitions urging the speedy ratification of the Anglo-Amert pea’ (reaty were received. Mr. Peffer (Kan.) stated in this connection that he was ceiving @ great number of letters as to th (reaty, and that the mtiment of Kansas, particularly among clerical gentlemen, ay peared to be strongly favorable to early ratification. A bill Was passed appropriating $12,000 for the purchase of a quarantine Portland, Me. Pacitic Railroad Foreclosure. Mr. Allen (Neb.) asked immediat: sideration for a resolution he offered « recting the committee on pacitic railre to inquire tuto the powers of the Presider and Attorney General to conduct fore- closure proceedings against the Pacit roads: also their powers to enter into agreements us to the sale prior to the act- ual foreclosure, and directing Attorney Genera’ in the meantime to refrain from further action. eading from the law, Mr. Allen argued chat the first duty of the President was to redeem first liens, and not to fo The President, he said, should be hound by the law as much as the humblest citizen of the land. If this point was raised, it was sikely to defeat the foreclosure. Mr. Clark (Wyo.) interrupted to express astonishment that Mr. Alen, claiming to be a friend of the people, took the position that the United States should pay out of Ks treasury every doliar of these prior liens before resorting to foreclosure. Mr. Allen resp d that he could not be moved by bluster. The law was plain and the duty mandatory on the President. The discussion assumed a technical lee character, as to the construction of th jaw, Mr. Platt (Conn.) and Mr. Bacon (Ga.) saking part. Mr. Platt said he confessed io come doubt as to the right of the Pres- ident to resort to. foreclosure before re- demption, bit’ he was inclined to believe che power existed. At another’ point Mr, Allen de the President could not foreclose unless h declined to recognize the law, and in the languapeel Boss Tweed, asked; “What a you gcing to do about it?’ It was time to stop this “dicktring” of the Attorney Gen- cral as to these roads. The executive branch had taken from Congress the Cuban and other foreign questions, and now ther was an effort to remove from Congress all control of our domestic affairs. The resolution finally went over, in order to permit Mr. Thurston (Neb.) to address the Senate on it tomorrow. The Monetary Bi The debate on the bill for an interna- tional monetary conference was then re- sumed. Mr. Chandler (N, H.), who, in the absence of Mr. Wolcott, has charge of the measure, addressed the Senate, outlining the purpose ef the bill. He said: “This bill represents a new movement beginning in the United States for the establishment of bimetallism; the unlimited coinage of silver and gold as standard money. The provisions of the bill are in the form desired by its friends; sub- stantially in the language of three previous authorizations, under which United States delegates were appointed to international monetary conferences, and of one under which no action was taken.” Mr. Chandler then outlined the provisions of the bill, and quoted from Mr. McKinley’s letter of acceptance, saying he would take every means to promote an international agreement. Mr. Chandler closed his remarks by say- ing: “This bill for an international bime- tallic conference has been deliberately pre- sented In a body a majority of whose members are in favor of the free coinage of silver by the Untied States, independent- ly of other nations, and who believe that no successful result will come from the conference. But it is presented to them in the belief and after the assurance that they are not unwilling to allow the ex- periment to be again tried, under favor- able auspices, and with a universal hope that it may secure the adoption of a sys- tem of bimetallism by the leading com- mercial nations of the world. It is also presented in the form which is preferred by the friends of the measure, who have faith that it will prove useful, effective, and successful in its great purpose. It de- pends for its passage upon the votes of those senators who have no such faith. They can defeat it by direct votes against it. They can defeat by amendments 4 structive of any hopeful scheme for an i ternational agreement. Sucn a result, Mr. President, I will not anticipate, but will ask in the public imterest, for the speedy and unanimous adoption of the bill, as it is now proposed for the consideration and decis- ion of the Senate.” Mr. Chandler appealed to Mr. Cannon to withdraw his amendment, which secks to have the United States take the initiative and entire execution of the conferenc: The countries of the western hemispher. with the possible exception of Canad: 5 doubtless favored bimetallism, and it wes toward the great nations of Europe that the friends of the conference must look for co-operation. Mr. Chandler appealet also to Mr. Stewart not to precipitate a general tree coinage issue by urging his amendment directing the mints to be open- ed to free and unlimited coinage within one month after the failure of the conference, A mning Debate. Mr. Bacon (Ga.) said he felt no dispo- sition to embarrass or oppose the bill, as he thought its friends should shape it and as- sume responsibility for it. But he ex- pressed doubt as to whether the terms of the bill would authorize the President to call a conference. Mr. Chandler answered that the bill was carefully framed and its friends felt that the President, by absolutely necessary im- plication, had the power to call the confer- ence. Mr: Stewart spoke of the futility of inter- national conferences. He inter- national money, saying it was not neces- sary to commerce. He did not believe in — to Europe, to the creditor nations, to ind out what money we should use. It was” for the United States to make its own de- as to its money standards. San siptoneel an oh Chicaemearaie oe ae expressed as desiral: < standards.